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Neglect Quotes

What gets ignored has a way of catching up.

Neglect here ranges from the personal to the political. One line wryly notes a man who spends more time on his appearance than on the duties he consistently lets slide, exactly the kind of Action he avoids.

What time he can spare from the adornment of his person he devotes to the neglect of his duties.

Quotes by William Hepworth Thompson

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

Quotes by Robert Baden-Powell

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Quotes by Richard Whately

What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.

Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

About Quotes

Neglect of appearance becomes men.

Quotes by Ovid

The business of a Political Economist is neither to recommend nor to dissuade, but to state general principles, which it is fatal to neglect, but neither advisable, nor perhaps practicable, to use as the sole, or even the principal, guides...

Quotes by Nassau William Senior

Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.

Quotes by Martha Gellhorn

It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs.

Quotes by Marguerite Duras

The Conservative government’s neglect of social housing is all too apparent and should be a source of national shame.

Quotes by Layla Moran

Abuse Quotes

The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect.

Quotes by Jeremy Paxman

The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule.

Quotes by Jeffrey Sachs

I'm interested in elder justice and what we can do about elder abuse and neglect.

Quotes by Janet Reno

Lost are many great commissions by such neglect.

Quotes by James Wyatt

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

Quotes by James Anthony Froude

Action Quotes

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

J.K. Rowling

Spaceflight will never tolerate carelessness, incapacity, and neglect.

Quotes by Gene Kranz

I don't neglect my kids. They are my priority. They come on shoots.

Quotes by Farah Khan

No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities.

Quotes by Eduard Shevardnadze

I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.

Quotes by Barry Humphries

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does this neglect quotes page cover?
It spans neglect in several forms: personal duties left undone, a warning from political economy about principles too important to ignore, and a grim historical account of real lives lost to neglect.
Why would someone search for neglect quotes?
People look for this kind of language when writing about responsibility, whether that's personal duties slipping, institutions failing people, or simply calling out carelessness.
Is there a quote about a historical account of neglect?
Yes, and it's a heavy one: it describes thousands of Spaniards dying of neglect in concentration camps after being lured back with hollow assurances they'd be treated well.
Does a quote here connect neglect to everyday duties?
One does, wryly noting a man who spends more time grooming himself than tending to the Action his actual duties require.
What other topic pairs with neglect quotes?
The Abuse quotes page is a natural companion, since both deal with the gap between how people should be treated and how they sometimes actually are.

An economist warns that ignoring certain principles is fatal even when using them directly is impractical, while a historical account describes real lives lost to neglect under false promises. Read together, they're a case for caring About duty before it's too late to matter.